Episode 3
With Tamar Beraia (piano) in Beethoven's Eroica Variations. Plus Nurit Stark, Mairead Hickey, Georgy Kovalev, Monika Leskovar, Cedric Pescia performing Bloch's Piano Quintet No 1.
John Toal presents highlights from the 21st West Cork Chamber Music Festival.
We begin in the magical setting of St. Brendan's Church, with Beethoven's Erocia Variations, Op.35, written in 1802: the longest and most substantial set of variations he'd composed to date. It's performed here by the Georgian pianist Tamar Beraia.
That's followed by one of Bloch's greatest achievements, his First Piano Quintet, written during his time spent in Cleveland. Bloch treats the piano as an ensemble instrument rather than a soloist. His moods are extreme: serenity contrasts with savagery, while primitive passions are made to yield to nobility and tenderness. It's performed in the intimate Library of Bantry House by an international line-up.
Beethoven: Fifteen Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat (Eroica Variations), Op.35
Tamar Beraia, piano
Bloch: Piano Quintet No.1
Nurit Stark, violin
Mairead Hickey, violin
Georgy Kovalev, viola
Monika Leskovar, cello
C茅dric Pescia, piano.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Eroica Variations, Op.35
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Ernest Bloch
Quintet No.1 In C Major for piano and strings
Performer: Nurit Stark. Performer: Mairead Hickey. Performer: Georgy Kovalev. Performer: Monika Leskovar. Performer: C茅dric Pescia.
Broadcast
- Thu 29 Sep 2016 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3